According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Aug. 14, industrial production in July increased by 4.8% in real terms year-on-year, the same growth rate as in June. Month-on-month growth of 0.98%. Among them, the manufacturing industry of chemical raw materials and chemical products increased by 4.7% year on year.

In July, mining output fell 2.6 percent from a year earlier, up 1.7 percent from a month earlier. Manufacturing grew by 6.0%, 0.9 percentage points faster than the previous year. Production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 1.7%, with the growth rate dropping by 3.8 percentage points.

By economic type, the added value of state-holding enterprises increased by 4.1 percent year-on-year in July. Joint-stock enterprises grew by 4.2%, and foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan businesses by 7.6%. Private businesses grew by 4.2%.

By sector, in July, 25 of the 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in value added. 0.7% 2.2% drop in agricultural food processing industry, textile industry, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing growth 4.7%, non-metallic mineral products increased by 3.1%, 7.9% black metal smelting and rolling processing industry, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grows 2.6%, general equipment manufacturing growth 9.6%, special equipment manufacturing growth 10.2%, automobile manufacturing growth 21.6%, railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry fell by 1.4%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry growth of 15.6%, Manufacturing of computers, communications and other electronic equipment rose 11.8 percent, while power, heat production and supply rose 1.7 percent.

In July, the added value of the eastern region increased by 6.8 percent year on year, the central region by 3.0 percent, the western region by 3.2 percent and the northeast by 3.8 percent.

In terms of products, 369 out of 612 products increased year-on-year in July. Steel volume reached 116.89 million tons, up 9.9% year on year; Cement 217.93 million tons, up 3.6%; Ten non-ferrous metals, 5.08 million tons, up 3.3%; Ethylene 1.74 million tons, an increase of 3.0%; The number of automobiles amounted to 2.58 million, an increase of 26.8%, of which 108,000 were new energy automobiles, an increase of 36.7%. Generating 680.1 billion kilowatt-hours, up 1.9%; Crude oil processing capacity reached 59.56 million tons, up 12.4%.

In July, the sales rate of industrial enterprises was 98.4%, unchanged from the same month last year. Industrial enterprises achieved export delivery value of 1039.9 billion yuan, up by 1.6 percent on a nominal basis

From January to July, the value added of industrial enterprises above designated size fell by 0.4% year on year